Re: A Few Additional pcs of Interest

From: Denis Loubet (dloubet_at_io.com)
Date: 10/20/04 

Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 01:05:22 -0500

"Jonathan" <jon@home.com> wrote in message news:4175bc87$1_3@127.0.0.1...
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> Do any of these pics look 'ancient' and uncovered from millions of
> years of erosion? Or does it look like the water flowed
> years/centuries ago?

I have no idea. I have no idea what matrian soil, under martian conditions,
after a supposed flood hundreds of years ago SHOULD look like. Do you?

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http://mars.gh.wh.uni-dortmund.de/mer/opportunity/081/tn/1P135374655EFF10CIP2421L5M1_L2L5L5L7L7.jpg.html
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http://mars.gh.wh.uni-dortmund.de/mer/opportunity/101/tn/1P137154109EFF2019P2570L5M1_L2L5L5L6L6.jpg.html
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http://mars.gh.wh.uni-dortmund.de/mer/opportunity/081/tn/1P135369919EFF10CGP2417L5M1_L2L5L5L7L7.jpg.html
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http://mars.gh.wh.uni-dortmund.de/mer/opportunity/081/tn/1P135369807EFF10CGP2417L5M1_L2L5L5L7L7.jpg.html
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http://mars.gh.wh.uni-dortmund.de/mer/opportunity/122/tn/1P139014002EFF2809P2265L5M1_L2L5L5L6L6.jpg.html
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> Here, the odd mineral deposits that are 'standing up' might have formed
> if the crater was covered by a thin *** of ice. You can even see how the
> spheres were splashed onto the bank of the little stream!
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http://mars.gh.wh.uni-dortmund.de/mer/opportunity/162/tn/1P142569752EFF3221P2387L5M1_L2L5L5L7L7.jpg.html

Or pushed by wind.

> And just as an experiment, try this. Just click into these two links
below, look
> at just the thumbs for five seconds only,

"the thumbs"? WTF?

> a quick glance, then close your eyes
> while asking yourself 'is that geology or biology'?

Geology.

> We should trust our own eyes, we should know what life looks like.

Do you trust that you know what drops of lava cooled in freefall look like?

> http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/opportunity_m182.html
> http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/opportunity_m014.html 

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Denis Loubet
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